at large
Example Sentences
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That’s what I’m doing in my work at large.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
The stocks are already trading at large premiums to their historical price-to-earnings valuations, and their price momentum is starting to wear off as oil prices fall.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
SIASCONSET, Mass.— A vandal is at large on Nantucket, an island better known for gray-shingle cottages, boat shoes and billionaires.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
More recently, failures at large distributors have shown how quickly deliveries can be interrupted, even when goods are available.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
His attitude, too, bore no shadow of the suffering of the city at large.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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